So what kind of design themes are being used for pokemon these days? I've been out of the franchise for a long time, and I'm getting back into it once Sun and Moon are out. I remember reading that fire starters were based on the chinese zodiac, and the grasso nes on dinosaurs, though maybe thats been debunked with the new owl grass starter, and the water ones on warriors or weapons. Any other design influences that have been confirmed?
>>27732288
Birds are dinosaurs, stupid.
>zodiac meme
>Fennekin
>DOG
>a shrew, evolving into a mink, evolving into a wolverine
> rat
>a fox
>a dog
>>27732415
If that's true why don't birds breathe fire?
>>27732482
They haven't reached level 30 and evolved, duuh.
>toad
>sauropod
>raptor
>tortoise
>snake
>hedgehog
>owl
>salamander
>wolverine
>rooster
>monkey
>boar
>fox
>cat
>turtle
>alligator
>mudskipper
>penguin
>otter
>tree frog
>sea lion
There is no definitive theme.
>he hasn't read Wittgenstein on Rules and Private Language
>>27732288
The sheep is a goat, change it to goat, that's the true Zodiac.
Don't you want a fire type Baphomet pokemon /vp/?
>>27732480
>implying the fire mouse Pokémon isn't a mouse
>implying mice aren't related to rats
>implying foxes aren't canines
>being this bad at biology
>>27733364
>implying foxes are dogs
>>27733119
Got one.
When does he learn flamethrower?
>>27733364
Foxes aren't canines. They're vulpes.
Still, it's pretty evident GF is following the Zodiac now, and with Fennekin, like with Cyndaquil, it's more a matter where they went "eh, close enough."
>>27733402
I love SMT.
I really hope GF goes full Satan with the Goat fire starter.
>>27732561
>toad
>>27733432
>I really hope GF goes full Satan with the Goat fire starter.
That would be magnificent, and the biggest controversy ever. Too bad it's too good to be true.
>>27733432
Cyndaquil's line is closer to a tiger than a rat.
They're not close for shit.
>>27732288
>cat
>tiger
Even though they are in the same family doesn't mean that they are the same animal
>>27733451
I didn't know tigers were rodents.
>>27733467
>what is litten 3
>>27733451
It's literally called a fire MOUSE pokemon. Doesn't matter what it's based off of, what matters is how GF labels it.
Is there anyone that grasps for straws so hard as zodiacfags?
>>27733487
As much as I agree the Cyndaquil line represent the mouse in the chinese zodiac..
Are you legit saying Blastoise is a shellfish and not a tortoise?
>>27732561
Bulbasuar is a fucking dinosaur, It's in the name!
And as for themes, I think the grass types being prehistoric is the most believable.
>>27732561
>tree frog
Are you blind? that dude is a ninja.
Anyone else thinks Samurott's design suit Popplio's final evo more than Oshawott's?
>>27733576
What does GF call it?
>>27733741
"Blastoise", at least in english.
>>27732588
Lit pls
>Charizard
>Dragon
>Fennekin
>Dog
This theory has been wrong since Gen I.
>>27732288
>using the modern artwork for Charmander and Cyndaquil
Disgusting.
>>27733584
Yeah dude hedgehogs and owls are so prehistoric
>>27733584
>Eelectross is a fucking eel, It's in the name!
>Kricketune is a fucking cricket, It's in the name!
>Beedrill is a fucking bee, It's in the name!
>Zigzagoon is a fucking raccoon, It's in the name!
>>27733899
Glyptodons are, though
>>27733449
>Too bad it's too good to be true.
We could perform a satanic ritual to try and make it happen.
>>27733364
>le fire mouse meme
By Zodiacfag logic Typhlosion still breaks the theory because it's a literal volcano
>>27733899
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornimegalonyx
Prehistoric owl, went extinct 11000 years ago
>>27733866
Fire-breathing Salamanders are dragons in Alchemy. Also, Mega-Charizard X.
>>27733487
Then Fenekin isn't a fucking dog since it's the fox pokemon.
>>27732288
The zodiac shit was debunked with fucking Cyndaquil.
And before any of you twats bring up some shit about it being the "fire mouse" Pokemon, that was a mistranslation.
>>27734098
Yet it managed to correctly predict every Pokemon after it despite being "wrong."
>>27734098
It's a hinezumi, which is a fire mouse. It's the Hinezumi Pokémon in japanese.
>>27732561
Prehistoric for Grass
Chinese Zodiac for Fire
Amphibious creatures for Water.
>>27733476
No one knows yet
>inb4 the ridiculous "leak" picture that doesn't prove shit
>>27734561
balliofag detected
>>27734512
>Sea Lion
>Amphibian
Uh oh...
>>27735565
Amphibious you dumb fuck, not Amphibian.
Amphibious can include Mammals and Birds. It's any animal that can live on land and water.
>>27733487
its evolutions are not based on rodents though, zodiacfags are retarded as usual
>>27737445
Weasels are considered to be in the Rodent family. The first Mammal was a weasel-like animal that was part of the Rodentia family.